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Synonyms for animosity
ˌæn əˈmɒs ɪ tian·i·mos·i·ty
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animositynoun
Synonyms:
acrimony, enmity, opposition, hatredAntonyms:
peaceanimositynoun
Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.
Synonyms:
hatred, enmity, acrimony, oppositionAntonyms:
peace
English Synonyms and Antonyms
animosity
Displeasure is the mildest and most general word. Choler and ire, now rare except in poetic or highly rhetorical language, denote a still, and the latter a persistent, anger. Temper used alone in the sense of anger is colloquial, tho we may correctly say a hot temper, a fiery temper, etc. Passion, tho a word of far wider application, may, in the singular, be employed to denote anger; "did put me in a towering passion,"
Shakespeare Hamlet act v, sc. 2. Anger is violent and vindictive emotion, which is sharp, sudden, and, like all violent passions, necessarily brief. Resentment (a feeling back or feeling over again) is persistent, the bitter brooding over injuries. Exasperation, a roughening, is a hot, superficial intensity of anger, demanding instant expression. Rage drives one beyond the bounds of prudence or discretion; fury is stronger yet, and sweeps one away into uncontrollable violence. Anger is personal and usually selfish, aroused by real or supposed wrong to oneself, and directed specifically and intensely against the person who is viewed as blameworthy. Indignation is impersonal and unselfish displeasure at unworthy acts (Latin indigna), i. e., at wrong as wrong. Pure indignation is not followed by regret, and needs no repentance; it is also more self-controlled than anger. Anger is commonly a sin; indignation is often a duty. Wrath is deep and perhaps vengeful displeasure, as when the people of Nazareth were "filled with wrath" at the plain words of Jesus (Luke iv, 28); it may, however, simply express the culmination of righteous indignation without malice in a pure being; as, the wrath of God. Impatience, fretfulness, irritation, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, and vexation express the slighter forms of anger. Irritation, petulance, and vexation are temporary and for immediate cause. Fretfulness, pettishness, and peevishness are chronic states finding in any petty matter an occasion for their exercise. Compare ACRIMONY; ENMITY; HATRED.Synonyms:
anger, choler, displeasure, exasperation, fretfulness, fury, impatience, indignation, ire, irritation, offense, passion, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, rage, resentment, temper, vexation, wrathAntonyms:
amiability, charity, forbearance, gentleness, leniency, lenity, long-suffering, love, mildness, patience, peace, peaceableness, peacefulness, self-control, self-restraintPreposition:
Anger at the insult prompted the reply. Anger toward the offender exaggerates the offense.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
animosity
Synonyms:
hatred, antipathy, dissention, aversion, acrimony, feud, strife, rancor, antagonism, bitterness, acerbity, hostility, enmity, malice, anger, malevolence, ill-will, malignity, feeling againstAntonyms:
congeniality, companionship, friendship, sympathy, fellow-feeling, unanimity, harmony, concord, regard, alliance, kindliness
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#4973 | passion | |
#5349 | opposition | |
#7144 | offense | |
#7314 | anger | |
#7724 | runner | |
#8658 | rage | |
#12170 | hostile | |
#12585 | fury | |
#13325 | hatred | |
#15411 | wrath | |
#18131 | irritation | |
#18711 | ire | |
#19215 | temper | |
#21810 | hostility | |
#24177 | strife | |
#25166 | malice | |
#27532 | resentment | |
#29456 | aversion | |
#29904 | bitterness | |
#32721 | feud | |
#36621 | indignation | |
#44334 | impatience | |
#48141 | displeasure | |
#48333 | antagonism | |
#48768 | animosity | |
#50674 | enmity | |
#67060 | animus | |
#78152 | antipathy | |
#87389 | exasperation | |
#98936 | rancor | |
#100265 | vexation | |
#110925 | malevolence | |
#114709 | acrimony | |
#191997 | petulance | |
#197798 | malignity | |
#204380 | dissention | |
#311899 | choler |
How to use animosity in a sentence?
A fool cannot be protected from his folly. If you attempt to do so, you will not only arouse his animosity but also you will be attempting to deprive him of whatever benefit he is capable of deriving from experience. Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
The animosity between the White House and the prime minister is no secret in this town. But they've certainly made it worse in the last five weeks.
The longer that we allow the political rhetoric of late to continue, and the longer that we tacitly accept it, we create a permission structure that allows the animosity in one corner of our politics to infect our broader society, and animosity breeds animosity.
They had been taught that the enemy must be destroyed, they came from a different world where they learnt to give or follow orders, and not to create or build together. We knew there would be animosity and fear at the beginning.
Time' can be pitiless. Time is able to convert the flame of love into a mood of restraint. A paradise of adulation can become a setting of animosity and ecstasy can change into indifference. Mutual complicity can become a balance of power and heaven can turn into hell. Eventually only a best friend remains ː ' Me, myself and I' . -Erik Pevernagie
Translations for animosity
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- عداءArabic
- неприязън, враждебностBulgarian
- nepřátelství, odpor, animozitaCzech
- Feindseligkeit, Animosität, Hass, AbneigungGerman
- εχθρότητα, έχθραGreek
- animosidad, animadversiónSpanish
- vihamielisyysFinnish
- animositéFrench
- बैरHindi
- acrimonia, picca, ripiccaItalian
- 敵意Japanese
- wrogość, animozjaPolish
- animosidadePortuguese
- animozitateRomanian
- враждебность, злоба, неприязньRussian
- анимозитет, animozitetSerbo-Croatian
- sự thù oánVietnamese
- 敌意Chinese
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